The scanning here in Salt Lake County has gone through many changes. County fire used to be on 46.06 VHF LO.
At the same time, Salt Lake City and West Valley were on UHF. I think Murray was also UHF. Everything else was VHF HI.
Then, before UCAN (now UCA) various agencies began changing over to 800.
I owned, in order, AOR1000, Pro92, Pro93, Pro95, Then rebanding happened!
I have PSR500, WS1040, Pro164, and Pro197. These are working fine for now, until the next upgrade and then I will have to buy a better digital.
I prefer handhelds because I can take them in my vehicles, or at work, or home.
Digital is necessary if you want to listen to National Parks, Military Bases, Wyoming or Idaho to mention a few.
Also, frequency assignments in VHF HI are different now. They are narrowband, so an old analog scanner won't access the correct freqs.
The beauty of having lots of channels available is that you can have programming available for various areas and activate those when needed.
Example: I don't normally listen to Salt Lake City. But when there is an active shooter there, I activate those channels.
I also keep a bank of wildfire channels.
Buy what you can afford, but don't buy something already obsolete. (My Pro93 and Pro95 still receive, but not narrowband)
Here is a list if scanners available from Whistler. I'm not advertising, and I have no interest in Whistler or any other brand.
WS1040 - Handheld Scanner Radio (P25 Phase I Digital)
Regular price $299.99
WS1065 - Desktop/Mobile Scanner Radio (P25 Phase I Digital)
Regular price $299.99
WS1080 - Digital Handheld Scanner Radio (P25 Phase I and II)
$285.00 Regular price $300.00
WS1095-Digital Desktop/Mobile Scanner Radio (P25 Phase I and II)
$299.99 Regular price $699.95
WS1098-Digital Desktop/Mobile Scanner Radio (P25 Phase I, X2-TDMA and Phase II capabilities)
$330.00 Regular price $370.00
TRX-1 Digital Handheld Scanner Radio (P25 Phase I&II, X2-TDMA, and DMR)
Regular price $559.99
factory refurbished $370.00
TRX-2 Digital Scanner Radio - Mobile/Desktop (P25 Phase I&II, X2-TDMA, and DMR)
Regular price $639.99
factory refurbished $404.00